Enrollment for next fall is now open for the Nikiski community’s newest preschool.Parents forming the play-based cooperative have secured space for a nursery and toddler… Continue reading
In a 28-11 vote, the Alaska House has approved Senate Bill 91, a sweeping reform of Alaska’s criminal justice system that ends the War on… Continue reading
Governance at Central Peninsula Hospital will go directly to the hospital’s operating board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.The service area will remain the same,… Continue reading
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A massive wildfire raging in the Canadian province of Alberta grew to 85,000 hectares (210,035 acres) and officials said Thursday… Continue reading
The next generation of Cowan’s may have put to rest the fears of the Birch Ridge links in Soldotna being turned into a subdivision. Pat… Continue reading
Ares the K-9 rescue dog has a fan club and support base in the local community ever since his funding collared his training several years… Continue reading
Jim and Nedra Evenson are leaving their homestead in Nikiski where they have resided since the late 50’s and returning to Anchorage. “We came up… Continue reading
Soldotna City Council members have begun to weigh their options for balancing the city’s budget in light of falling revenue.City Manager Mark Dixson and Finance… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration and its employees’ union have reached a new collective bargaining agreement that will last until 2019.The borough assembly approved the… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly failed two ordinances Tuesday: one that would have extended the nonprepared food tax and another that would have required more… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A small airplane hit a bald eagle before it crashed and burst into flames just north of Anchorage last month, killing all… Continue reading
JUNEAU — An Alaska lawmaker’s efforts to halt the rapid growth of the state’s prison population may not come to fruition.When it was introduced, North… Continue reading
JUNEAU — An effort to revive a stalled education bill that limits who can teach sex education in public schools faltered in the Alaska House… Continue reading
Candidates running for a seat on the charter commission that could be formed after Soldotna’s special election are urging city residents to vote for a… Continue reading
With no stated interest from oil companies, the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas announced Tuesday that it would cancel its 2016 lease sale bid… Continue reading
INDIANAPOLIS — In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Legislative negotiators on Tuesday adopted a state Senate rewrite of Rep. Wes Keller’s bill dealing with parental involvement in education and student testing… Continue reading
It has been three weeks since legislation to scale back Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit program took a big step backward to the House… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has bee updated to correct the spelling of Roberta O’Neill's name. Soldotna voters will revisit the idea of home rule during the… Continue reading
